A jump wire is an electrical wire, or group of them in a cable, with a connector or pin at each end, which is normally used to interconnect the components of a breadboard or other prototype or test ci
Stranded 22AWG jump wires with solid tips.
Jumper wires with crocodile clips
Jump wires at the end of a multi-colored ribbon cable are used to connect the pin header at the left side of a blue USB2Serial board to a white breadboard below. Another jumper cable ending in a USB micro male connector mates to the right side of the USB2Serial board. Red and black tinned jump wires can be seen on the breadboard.
A pin header is a form of electrical connector. A male pin header consists of one or more rows of metal pins molded into a plastic base, often 2.54 mm apart, though available in many spacings. Male pi
Jump wire
…or components, without soldering. Individual jump wires are fitted by inserting their "end connectors" into the slots provided in a breadboard, the header connector of a circuit board, or a piece of test equipment. There are different types of jumper wires. Some have the same type of electrical connector at both…
1×6 female header (one row)
Red jumper on a 1×4 pin header
2×13 shrouded header with notch key; the white triangle denotes pin 1